Your email addresses will be automatically entered into the SeattleCollegesAlerts, and updated on a regularly scheduled basis. Students and staff will receive an email from SeattleCollegesAlerts with a request to register. Follow the directions in the message to confirm your contact information and choose your notification preferences.

Students - will receive this message at the email address you provided when registering for classes at the Seattle Community Colleges. Please make sure that your email address is current in the colleges’ student information system. Go to Update Your Profile to make any changes.

SeattleCollegesAlerts is the official emergency notification system used by Seattle Community Colleges (North Seattle, South Seattle, Seattle Central, SVI and the Siegal Administrative Center). The college district has contracted with Rave Mobile Safety to communicate with students and employees during campus emergencies that pose a safety concern for the college community.

Our Rave-based emergency system is called SeattleCollegesAlerts. Depending on circumstances, one or more of the colleges may send an alert.

Email addresses are automatically updated on a regularly scheduled basis. If you don’t receive a request message, check your spam filter. If it’s not in your spam filter, you should contact Alerts@seattlecolleges.edu for assistance.

Emergencies are events that pose a safety risk to the campus community. For example, the most common use of SeattleCollegesAlerts will be to communicate college closures due to weather conditions. Other types of emergencies may include earthquakes or power outages, or any unexpected event that poses danger or puts your safety at risk. Read more about Seattle Community Colleges campus closures on our emergency website.

No, you can't subscribe directly. However, students have the option to include additional contact numbers and email addresses in their accounts. You can ask your student to add your contact information to his or her account on your behalf. You also can subscribe to another regional emergency communications list for schools and colleges which is open to anyone to join: http://flashalert.net.

You cannot opt out of emergency messages delivered to your SeattleCollegesAlerts registered email address. However, you can unsubscribe other phone and email addresses you may have added when you created your original account: you simply need to log into SeattleCollegesAlerts and delete these phone and email addresses. However, you can opt out of text messages at any time by texting STOP to 67283 or 226787.

If you change your mobile number, please log in to the system at https://www.getrave.com/login/seattlecolleges and update your contact details. If you’ve changed providers, but your number hasn’t changed, you may want to update your carrier information as well.

This step is not required—it will eventually be updated by the mobile carrier. However, this update may take a few weeks to reflect in the system. To ensure you do not miss any emergency messages, you may simply log in to the system and update your carrier information in your settings directly.

Text messages will be sent to you from Rave Alert using numerical “short codes,” either 67283 or 226787. We strongly encourage you to save the number in your phone contacts list after you receive your first message. This way, in future emergencies, the message will be more recognizable as an official communication from the college. If your carrier or phone does not support short code messaging, messages you receive will appear to come from no-reply@getrave.com, which is our SeattleCollegesAlerts.

Email messages

Email messages sent from SeattleCollegesAlerts will come from one of the following email addresses:

Innovations in curriculum and operations have earned the 2009 Green Washington Award for the Seattle Colleges
– Central, North and South. All three colleges are active members of the Seattle Climate Partnership and North was an
early signer of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. A district-wide Chancellor’s
Sustainability Initiative provides energy, focus and a forum for emerging training and initiatives.

Sustainability is infused into programs ranging from urban agriculture at Central to environmental science,
real estate and building management across the district. Students have funded a sustainability coordinator.
Campus activities include reducing the carbon footprint and promoting recycling and energy conservation, which earned
a “Recycler of the Year” award for South. Last year, the college culinary operations diverted 31 tons of
materials to a regional composting facility – which returned the compost to “green” the college landscape.

During the economic downturn, thousands of displaced workers turned to the Seattle Colleges at the same
time regional employers reported a need for skilled workers to fill jobs in the new economy. To help both potential
workers and employers, the Seattle Colleges developed Start Next Quarter (SNQ), a two-part initiative
designed to improve the success of dislocated workers who enroll in technical education programs. SNQ invites
prospective students to assess their eligibility for workforce funding online and connects them to a comprehensive
two-day college success workshop held at each campus. The workshops are based on a model developed at one of the
district campuses. Students who complete the workshop are more likely to complete their training programs and to
obtain jobs using their new skills. The project was developed in part through a grant from the League for Innovation,
funded by the Walmart Foundation Bright Futures project to serve displaced workers.

The Opportunity Center for Employment and Education at North Seattle College is a regional resource and
the first integrated service center of its kind in Washington state. Since the OCE&E opened its doors in spring 2011,
more than 40,000 people have come for one-stop help in finding a new job, career retraining or to sign up for public
assistance benefits. Founding partners were the state Departments of Social and Health Services and Employment
Security, the college, and the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County. The campus and the new LEED
Gold Certified 45,000-square foot facility are in the heart of Seattle’s north end and close to a major transit hub.
House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney (sponsor of the legislation and a former Seattle District trustee)
championed the OCE&E in the state legislature. The center aims to provide streamlined services in a positive environment,
helping clients succeed in the next stage of their lives.